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Youth sports for the week ending May 13

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The 13u Bombers Baseball Club defeated TABU 5-4 to win the Tournament Championship in Woodland, CA. The team was lead by tournament MVP Zach Cohen who went strong 7 innings with no earned runs in the Championship game while also going 1-2 with an rbi and a run scored. Dawsen Bacho hit a towering home run to seal the game. The Bombers were also powered by stellar pitching from Brandon Buckley and Clayton Demski who hurled shutouts in the tournament.

San Rafael’s Swimarin swim team lost to Rolling Hills but had a great showing. There were 10 swimmers that had Allstar qualifying times: Hannah Matcham and Danny Roland had 3 times each. Giordano Doyle, Ella Woodhead, Arika Kalfayan, Jane McNevin and Claire Joyce had 2 each. Claire Zimmerman, Zachary Thorp and Lia Sanchez had 1 qualifying time each. Congratulations to all swimmers for a great effort!

NEXT LEVEL NFL FLAG SEASON REACHES HALF WAY POINT WITH 3 UNDEFEATED TEAMS
As we reach the half way point of the regular season, we have one undefeated team in all three divisions.

The 7-8 year old 49ers keep rolling along as they are 4-0 at the half way point. Can teams adjust in the second half of the season and knock off the mighty Niners? Or is this mini powerhouse destined for a Championship and moving up an age group to play in regionals?

The 9-11 year old Falcons are one of the biggest surprises in the league. With a balanced running and passing attack, and consistent play of defense; they remain undefeated at 4-0. The Falcons look to keep their stride headed into the 2nd half of the season!

The 12-14 year Lions, speed, speed, and more speed is the name of the game. The 4-0 Lions have shown speed and athletic superiority that has led them to be in the class of the undefeated. The Lions are already thinking Regionals and maybe even Nationals.

The Novato U11 Girls Gold LAX team continues its nearly two year undefeated streak under coaches Peter Hamilton and Nelson Richardson. Last weekend saw victories over Ross and Southern Marin of which Novato defeated in their first meetings earlier in the season as well.

After going undefeated last season, the Gold girls are 82 Points For and 29 Points Againts this season. Additionally, they go into the last weekend of the season ranked #1 in the NCJLA Girls Lightening division, ahead of perinial powerhouses Menlo and Skyline. Scoring this weekend were Hayden Calihan, Emily Hamilton, Molly Phelan and Molly Carter. Maddy Frank scored as well Kyra Barnes and Tavia Suther.

Strong defense across the net by
Nicole Hermann at goalie with 29 points againts is impressive. Shutting down the mid field and leading the defense are Jacey Suther, Elise Chmelewski, Kelsea Barnes, Lila Lustenberger, Madison Mock, Spohia Leland, Jenna Richardson, Alea Escandon Capanna and Kacey Rhinhart.

What the parents find most impressive is how the coaches continue to shape the girls week in and week out!

The San Rafael Nationals Little League Juniors team built an early 6-2 lead over San Rafael American Saturday afternoon at Vallecito field and cruised to a 9-3 victory. Home runs by Cooper Brown and Jack Andress paced the Nationals, whose pitching allowed only three hits. San Rafael American was led by Ryan Moynihan and Jonathan Sumner, each of whom had a hit and a run scored. Though six runs were scored in Sumner’s two innings as American’s starting pitcher, not one was earned, and he struck out three.

Orcas and Riptide got off to a great start for the 2012 MSL season with strong swims on both teams. The strength of the Orcas older swimmers brought them the win. No records were broken but we saw 39 All Star times and 347 best times between the two teams.
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The 9-10 medley and free relay teams broke our team and pool records
9-10 Ethan Lewczyk broke a team and pool record in 50 butterfly
8-un Julietta Camahort broke our team record in 25 breaststroke.
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It was a lovely (indeed, almost too warm) day at the Redwood pool as the Sea Lions came to challenge Tidalwaves on our own deck. Indeed, SHST appears to be just as strong and friendly a team as ever so there were great races and photo finishes and lot of good sportsmanship while Sleepy Hollow soared to a comfortable victory over Tidalwaves in the first meet of the season. But a special shout-out to 8&U boy Finn Aune of Tidalwaves who was our only triple winner of the day – not a bad feat against such an awesome team!
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It was a beautiful day in Lucas Valley for the first dual meet of the year and the Strawberry Seals came ready to swim. All of the kids were excited to compete against another team and there were some great races for both teams.